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Weight loss interventions, including lifestyle changes and bariatric surgery, reduce blood pressure, glomerular hyperfiltration, and proteinuria in obese patients with CKD.
If you are overweight and have diabetes, losing weight through diet and exercise can cut your risk of developing kidney disease by 30%. This benefit comes from lowering your blood pressure and reducing the strain on your kidneys. Talk to your doctor about a structured weight loss program.
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In a recent meta-analysis collating experimental studies in obese CKD patients, interventions aimed at reducing body weight showed coherent reductions in BP, glomerular hyper-filtration and proteinuria... bariatric surgical intervention has been suggested for selected CKD and ESRD patients.
Why this rating
Based on meta-analyses and observational studies; high-level RCTs are noted as lacking.
Source
Obesity and Kidney Disease: Hidden Consequences of the Epidemic
Csaba P. Kövesdy et al. · World Journal of Nephrology and Urology · 2017
DOI 10.14740/wjnu281e
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